This chapter of Luke will bring out many facts that most people read over and consider unimportant. However we will see as the chapter goes on that the information here about the Baptism of Christ, the life of John, and the lineage of Mary are very important. This is the chapter where Jesus will start His ministry, for this chapter starts after our Lord was a mature man.

Luke 3:1 "Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberious Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judaea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of Ituraea and of the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias the tetrarch of Abilene,"

Of all the information given here, note that Tiberius Caesar was Emperor in Rome, and Pontius Pilate was the governor of Judea. Pilate will become very involved in the trial of Jesus three years later, that will lead to his crucifixion. All of this can be documented historically by secular means, by Josephus' book XVIII, "Antiquities of the Jews", as he records the details of their lives. So we can fix the time of this writing to about 25-26 A.D, considering the fact that Pilate took his governor position in 25 A.D. Considering this, this pinpoints the start of the reign, or ministry of Jesus Christ, His 30th year. Remember that the Birth of Christ would be about 4 B.C. by the Gregorian calendar.

Luke 3:2 "Annas and Caiaphas being the high priests, the word of God came unto John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness."

Annas was a head of the Sanhedrin, the legal system of the temple of the Jews filling the duties of Moses, while Caiaphas was the high priest that fulfilled the duties of Aaron, and thus filled the governmental duties within the Temple. So here we have two high priests, yet God's Word never went to them, but to John the Baptist out there in the wilderness. God didn't talk to these priests, but to John the Baptist out in the countryside. These two high priests that are in office here were not appointed by God, but were put in office by the Roman governor over all the land. Caiaphas' name will come up during the time of Jesus trial at the end of his ministry. These men may not have even been descendants of the tribe of Judah or Levi. We know that John the Baptist truly was of the tribe of Levi, for we read in the first chapter where Zacharias his father had the duties of the Levi priest, and was married to Elisabeth, also of Levitical descent. Mary, the mother of Jesus was the cousin to Elisabeth, and of the lineage of both Levi and Judah.

Luke 3:3 "And he came into all the country about Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins;"

This is the message that God gave to John the Baptist, the duty of "preaching the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins." Remember from chapter two, verse thirty eight, this was the message that Anna, the 84 year old prophetess gave, after seeing the Christ-child for herself. She spread the message throughout Jerusalem, while John will spread the message of the kingdom in the countryside.

Luke 3:4 "As it is written in the book of the words of Esaias the prophet, saying, "The voice of one crying in the wilderness, `Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make His paths straight."

"Esaias the prophet", is who we call, "Isaiah the prophet. This is taken from Isaiah 40:3; "The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, "Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make straight in the desert a highway for our God." This means to teach the Word as it is given, and not the ways of man. this was a prophecy given some 630 years before John the Baptist was born, and fulfilled in Luke. John did come in the Spirit of Elijah, but John was not Elijah. Had people received Jesus as the Christ, then John would have been Elijah. Malachi 4:5-6 tells us that Elijah will return before that great day of the Lord, and turn the people's hearts to their fathers.

Please note: In Malachi 4:6  (fathers) is plural!

The fathers are Jesus, and Satan; for there will be no fence sitters on that day of the Lord, you will either be sealed and know the truth and reject Satan, or you will not, and follow Satan as the Messiah. This coming of Christ is as the Son of man, as a servant, not as God. Of course, as prophesied, Jesus was rejected and crucified at his first coming.

Luke 3:5 "Every valley shall be filled, and every mountain and hill shall be brought low; and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough ways shall be made smooth;"

Isaiah 40:4 reads, "Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low: and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain:" Again, this is prophecy coming to pass. John the Baptist is fulfilling the Word of God. Yet in actuality it has not come to pass yet, for this time is talked about in Revelation 21. The straight Word from God's Word will make your path smooth, and give you peace of mind. Following the instructions from the Word of God can direct you in your family life, your business life, and all the problems that you will face in life and make this a real good life.

Luke 3:6 "And all flesh shall see the salvation of God.' "

To complete the prophecy; Isaiah 40:5 "And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together: for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it." We know that this was not the time for the world to accept Christ, for they crucified Him, and cut John's head off. So we see that John will not be a reed shaken in the wind, but will hold fast to the truth, even to death. Today there are many reeds shaking in the wind. They believe one thing one day, and change to something else the next day. They don't know what they believe. They just don't care what God's Word says, but follow what sounds good at the time.

So now we get to the purpose of the preaching of John the Baptist, that all flesh shall see the salvation of God. Before the end of this earth age, all flesh will see salvation. Jesus Christ is God's salvation, for that is the only way to eternal life.

Luke 3:7 "Then said he to the multitude that came forth to be baptized of him, "O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?"

We will learn this in another place where the Kenite leadership of Jerusalem sent out their spies to see and witness what John the Baptist was preaching. John knows these vipers, these offspring of Satan, thru Cain, that are presenting themselves as being of Judah, when in fact they are not. They have attached themselves to the church of Judah and Benjamin; even calling themselves Jews. So John is giving this message to them and warning them that the wrath of God will come upon them. John is addressing "O Generation", meaning the generation that Christ was born, why? Because this is the generation that will crucify our Lord. John told it as it was, and did not play with words. He called a spade a spade, and a Kenite a viper.

When we look up the word for "generation" in Strong's #1080, we see it is a prime root word, and it means "offspring, progeny", the literal offspring of Satan, referred to as the serpent from the garden of Eden. These Kenites were the offspring of Cain from the garden of Eden, the serpent's seed. The Kentes are "Cain's children" that were living in the generation that our Lord Jesus Christ lived in and taught as a flesh man in this earth age, but vipers apply also to every generation that will see the truth. Keep in mind also that if a tare, or Kenite, i.e. ancestor of Cain, comes to repentance and by faith believes on Jesus Christ, they are no longer a son of Satan, but a Child of the Living God. Salvation is for all that see the truth and by repentance in the name of Jesus, confess their sins.

Luke 3:8 "Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of repentance, and begin not to say within yourselves, `We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, That God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham."

"Abraham" means "father of many nations", Father changed the name of Abram to Abraham to seal His covenant that through his offspring would come the Messiah that John is preaching here. The requirement was that the people of all the nations would believe on Jesus Christ, of the offspring of Abraham, and come to Salvation.

God called Peter His rock, and said He would build His church on the foundation that Peter was preaching. What was that foundation? Peter's knowledge that "Jesus is the Son of the Living God". "Upon this Rock [Jesus Christ] will I build my church"; and He did with the 120 believers [stones] that were in the upper room when the Holy Spirit came upon them. Do you believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of the Living God? If you do you are starting on the right foundation.

Jesus Himself named these Kenites as to who they were in John 8:39-44. In this Scripture we see the same group approaching Jesus. "They answered and said unto Him, Abraham is our father". Jesus saith unto them, "If ye were Abraham's children, ye would do the works of Abraham." [39] "But now ye seek to kill Me, a Man That hath told you the truth, which I have heard of God: this did not Abraham." [40]

Jesus knew the thoughts of their minds, and He reminded them that when you look at your fruits or works, those are not the works of Abraham. Sure these Kenite Pharisees were very religious people, but their deeds and thoughts were that of the devil. They are thinking of murder in their minds, and that is not the mind of Abraham. John called them vipers, the children of Satan the snake in his role from the Garden of Eden.

John 8:41 "Ye do the deeds of your father," Then said they to Him, We be not born of fornication; we have one Father, even God." Jesus spelled it out directly for these Kenites Pharisee Jews, the deeds they are doing are those of Satan, not God. These Kenites knew exactly what Jesus was calling them. Jesus was calling them son's of Satan, of Cain, and not of Abraham.

John 8:42,43 "Jesus said unto them, "If God were your Father, ye would love Me: for I proceeded forth and came from God; neither came I of Myself, but He sent Me." [42] "Why do ye not understand My speech? even because ye cannot hear My word." [43.]

Jesus Christ is the only Begotten Son of God. You simply cannot hear what I am saying because you do not understand the word. Now Jesus spells out for these Kenites in detail just who they are.

John 8:44 "Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He [Cain] was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he [Cain] speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own [own father]: for he [Satan] is a liar, and the father of it."

Jesus is telling this group of Kenite Pharisee Jews that they are of the lineage of their father the devil. There is only one devil, and he is Satan. Get it. Satan the devil had a child through Eve in the Garden of Eden, for that is the sin that was committed there. There was one apple tree and the eating of apples has never been the sin spoken of here. This is what the "parable of the fig tree" is all about, being able to identify these Kenites in what ever generation you live in: and especially in ours, the final generation. That's right, the sin in the garden of Eden was sex and Eve conceived a child by both Satan and Adam. Satan's child was Cain, while Adam's child was Abel. These were twins fathered by two different men. If Eve continued in labor after she had the first, Cain, then she had another child God names as Abel.

The lineage of Christ came through Seth, the second son of Adam because Cain murdered his half brother Abel who was Adams first son. This is what Jesus is telling these Kenite Pharisees standing before Him. Is it news to them? Hardly for the Kenites know their heritage, and try to keep it hidden. That is why they are so effective in forming their four hidden dynasties. These Kenite Jews took over the Levitical priesthood way back during the Babylonian captivity of the House of Judah, [Judah and Benjamin, with part of Levi tribes], all the true Levitical priests remained in Babylon, until Ezra called for them and 18 of them came and joined his caravan returning to Jerusalem; But even after that most of the priests were nothing but Nethinims, strangers given to service in the temple. 

The following reference is to the House of Judah, not the House of Israel. The House of Judah was taken to Babylon during the conquering of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzor in 586BC, 135 years after the House of Israel was captured by their Assyrian conquerors

In 457 BC King Artaxerxes decreeed that any Jew in his realm,
including the priests and Levites,
may return to Jerusalem Ezra 7:13 after the Temple is rebuilt.

Ezra and Nehemiah went back to Jerusalem,
but they took with them only a REMNANT from the House of Judah.
The rest of Judah, the majority of them,
went north over the Caucasus Mountains with the other tribes from the House of Israel
and to this very day most of true Judah and Israel do not know who they are.
Though they basically comprise the Christian nations of the world,
in their ignorance they call themselves gentiles

Now during the trip back to Jerusalem,
at one point Ezra stopped and gathered the people together and took a census.
And guess what he found, or better yet, what he didn't find?

Read it yourself:
Ezra 8:15 And I gathered them together to the river than runneth to Ahava;
and there abode we in tents three days:
and I viewed the people, and the priests, and found there none of the sons of Levi

There were no Levitical priests among them.
NONE!
So Ezra sent some Nethinims, who were temple helpers,
back to Babylon to get some Real Ministers, some genuine Levites,
for the house of God

[17] And I sent them with commandment unto Iddo the chief at the place Casiphia,
and I told them what they should say unto Iddo,
and to his brethren the Nethinims, at the place Casiphia,
that they should bring unto us ministers for the house of our God.

[18] And by the good hand of our God upon us they brought us a man of understanding,
of the sons of Mahli, the son of Levi, the son of Israel;
and Sherebiah, with his sons and his brethren, eighteen;

Well, they did what Ezra asked them to.
They brought back some Levites,
but they did not come back with very many

Again, so that we understand the conversation that is about to take place
in John between Jesus and the scribes and Pharisees
we need to know that out of the 400 year period from the time of Malachi,
the last book in the Old Testament,
to the time of Christ would come forth the Great Synagogue

And many of the ruling authorities of the temple,
those religious leaders in charge,
would not be of the seed of Abraham,
i.e. true Israelites or Levitical Priests,
but would be the wicked sons of Cain,
who are called "kenites" (pronounced cainites) in the Bible.

They will try to convince Jesus that they are of the "seed" of Abraham,
BY BIRTH! But they are not!
They are liars and are of the synagogue of Satan (Rev. 2:9, 3:9

Is it any wonder Jesus told them
John 8:44 "Ye are of your father the devil,
and the lusts of your father ye will do.
He was a murderer from the beginning,
and abode not in the truth,
because there is no truth in him.
When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own:
for he is a liar, and the father of it."

It doesn't get any plainer than these words of Jesus Christ.
These particular scribes and Pharisees were not who they claimed to be,
i.e. they were not children of Abraham,
and so by default they could not even be of Judah.
They were descendants of Cain,
the first son of Satan, the first murderer.
It was Cain's offspring, the kenites,
who were responsible for the crucifixion of Jesus Christ,
though Judah has been the one blamed for it.

Now most preachers and ministers and commentaries
will try to "spiritualize away" this 44th verse in John 8,
and say Christ wasn't talking about "sperma", i.e. seed and offspring.

But let me ask you,
is there not a group of people who run around today claiming that they are God's chosen people?

Are they?

Those Christians who belong to the end time church of Smyrna know they are not!

Rev. 2:8-9 And unto the angel of the church in Smyrna write;
These things saith the first and the last, which was dead, and is alive;

[9] I know thy works, and tribulation, and poverty,
(but thou art rich) andI know the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews,
and are not, but are the synagogue of Satan.

Those Christians who belong to the end time church of Philadelphia know they are not!

Rev. 3:7-9 And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write;
These things saith he that is holy, he that is true,
he that hath the key of David, he that openeth,
and no man shutteth; and shutteth, and no man openeth;

[8] I know thy works: behold, I have set before thee an open door,
and no man can shut it:
for thou hast a little strength, and hast kept my word,
and hast not denied my name.

The question is, "Do you know who they are?"

These Kenite strangers took over the duties of the scribes, and changed the Word of God, as is recorded in I Chronicles 2:55. So from that time on, these Jews, since most Christian denominations allow these people, or so called scholars to do their interpreting for them.

I Chronicles 2:55 "And the families of the scribes which dwelt at Jabez [Jerusalem], ; the Tirathites, the Shimeathites, and Suchathites. These are the Kenites that came of Hemath, the father of the house of Rechab."

It is from their interpretations that our people have come to believe fairy-tales, such as the eating of the apple by Adam and Eve, the fly away doctrine doctrine when God's Word teaches against it in Ezekiel 13:20; "Wherefore thus saith the Lord God; `Behold, I am against your pillows [doctrine], wherewith ye there hunt souls to make them fly, and I will tear them from your arms, and will set the souls go, even the souls that ye hunt to make them fly." And what is so bad about convincing these souls or people to fly away. They turn their minds from preparing for the return of Satan at the sixth trump, but rather go chasing after Satan believing him to be the Christ. That is there stumbling block, and those souls are not sealed and ready for the tribulation that comes upon them. That tribulation is Satan's lying wonders, lies and deceit. These lies are a tool in the hands of Kenites, and they do know who they are. They rejected Christ them and they reject Him now. They know they are of the Devil, and the Devil's methods are their methods.

Jeremiah 35:18, 19 lets us know their heritage, and they followed the commandments that were laid down for them to follow. They knew that they were not of Abraham or Israel. But remember also, God allowed or used these offspring of Satan to fulfill His plan for our salvation and redemption, to have eternal life. God used Satan's own kids to force the murder of our Lord, and seal the judgment on Satan's own head. That is what the prophecy of Genesis 3:15 was all about.

Genesis 3:15 "And I [God] will put enmity between thee [Satan] and the woman [Eve], and between thy [Satan's] seed [the Kenites], and her [Eve's] Seed [Jesus Christ]; It [Christ-the Messiah] shall bruise thy [Satan's] head, and thou [the kenites] shalt bruise His [Jesus'] heel."

This is the purpose for this earth age, so that each soul could be born into this earth age innocent of that fall in the first earth age, willing to choose for themselves God or Satan. Then God would send His Son, Jesus to be born, and to die at the hands of Satan's kids. This chapter in Luke records the tracing from Jesus all the way back to Adam and mother Eve, to let you know that Jesus is truly the Seed spoken of in the Genesis 3:15 prophecy of a coming Messiah. Seed is "zer'a and taken singularly, it is offspring, and Christ was the one spoken of that would complete the destruction of Satan, as recorded in Hebrews 2:14.

Most Christians bought their lie about eating apples, of flying away and so on. Stop and ask yourself, Who is the father of lies? Of course it is Satan. And Who is the first Murderer. Right again, Cain. Cain was a murderer from the beginning, and he lied to God about his murderous act. Genesis 4:8-12 records this act of murder by Cain as well as the cover-up of lies that followed.

Satan's methods of deception from the beginning have been to misquote what is said, making everything that is said a lie. That is what he did in the garden of Eden, and that is what he will do to you today. Satan has many names, and each of his names indicate the role he played in deceiving souls in the first earth age, as well as this earth age of flesh man. Sure Satan is in heaven now, but not for long. There is a war going on up there, and when it is over at the sixth trump Satan and his angels will be thrown out on this earth.

Revelation 12:9; "And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him."

This verse is by John the apostle, when he was taken, in the spirit, into the furture, to heaven where he is looking back in time to the sixth trumpet, from the day of the Lord. At the day of the Lord, the seventh trumpet, this flesh age ends, but Satan will have his last five months of power presenting himself as God between the sixth and seventh trumpets, with the world believing it. This is why these Kenite Pharisees are planning to kill Jesus, for that is what the lust of Satan would be. This plot of the Kenites here in Jesus' time was the same as their father Cain had done some 4000 years prior. In fact before this book of Luke ends, we will see that the Kenite lies will send Jesus to His death on the cross.

However remember that everything that happened in the life of Christ was according to the Will of God. Every part of our Lord's trial, crucifixion, and resurrection was told of before hand. The prophets wrote down each event, and what would be said, and even in the murder of our Lord, our Lord would be victorious. When the spikes were driven into Jesus' heel on the cross; sealed the doom of Satan; and in the end it will crush the head of the serpent.

John 8:45, 46 "And because I tell you the truth, ye believe Me not." [45] "Which of you convinceth Me of sin? And If I say the truth, why do ye not believe Me?"

Jesus asks these Pharisees, Have you ever seen me sin or tell a lie? So why are you trying to murder me? Then Jesus answered His own questions.

John 8:47 "He that is of God heareth God's Words: ye therefore hear them not, because ye are not of God."

So now we see why John the Baptist is upset with these vipers, these Kenites that are confronting him out there in the wilderness. We know that God spoke to John the Baptist and revealed this all to him. John knew "the parable of the fig tree", he knew who these Kenite Pharisees were, and what they were out to do. This was the Word that God gave John the Baptist of those that would bring trouble for him. John wasn't out to convert them, for he knew their nature, no, he was out there to identify them and put them in their place. That is the way that you deal with the devil, and his family: That is true love, being truthful and yet nice.

Luke 3:9 "And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: every tree therefore which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire."

Of course the "trees" here are people, and God is the "consuming fire". Remember the parable of the tares that Jesus told in Matthew 13. 

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Then in verses 34-41 Jesus takes the Disciples aside and explains the parable to each of them. In Matthew 13:40 "As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire; so shall it be in the end of this world [age]."

Matthew 13:41, 42 "The Son of man shall send forth His angels, and they shall gather out of His kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity;" [41] "And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth." [42]

Sure, the tares are going into the lake of fire, but if even one tare has the faith to believe in Jesus Christ and repents to the Father, then he is no longer a tare but a child of God. Our heavenly Father loves all His children, but each soul must come to Him the way He has provided, through repentance under the blood of the Lord Jesus Christ. For a Pharisee to be saved he must leave the tricks and lies of his father's methods alone and follow Christ's way.

Luke 3:10 "And the people asked him, saying, "What shall we do then?"

So the people are asking John the Baptist, what shall we do then to be right?

Luke 3:11 "He answereth and saith unto them, "He that hath two coats, let him impart to him that hath none; and he that hath meat, let him do likewise."

In other words, if you have more than you need, be willing to share the excess with those that have none. Sure you need the coat on your back, but you don't need the five hanging in the closet at home when you never wear them in the first place. Share in the blessings that God has given you with your brother or neighbor. This is the outlook that a Christian should have.

Luke 3:12 "Then came also publicans to be baptized, and said unto him, "Master, what shall we do?"

"Publicans" are government officials, politicians and tax collectors; the handlers of wealth and money.

Luke 3:13 "And he said unto them, "Exact no more than that which is appointed to you."

"Exact" or don't tax any more than what the you are authorized to do. Don't over tax the people. These Government officials liked to add on extras for themselves.

Luke 3:14 "And the soldiers likewise demanded of him, saying, "And what shall we do? And he said unto them, "Do violence to no man, neither accuse any falsely; and be content with your wages."

So here is the men of the military asking what they had to do to be baptized, which is to obtain Salvation. In the case of the military, they would get greedy through taxing, but by outright stealing what was not theirs. They were in a position where the people couldn't complain. So be honest and friendly to those you come in contact with during your duty time.

Luke 3:15 "And as the people were in expectation, and all men mused in their hearts of John, whether he were the Christ, or not;"

As John was answering the questions, the people wondered if John were the Christ that was prophesied by the prophets. They were thinking, is it possible that we are looking upon the Messiah?

Luke 3:16 "John answered, saying unto them all, "I indeed baptize you with water; but One mightier than I cometh, the latchet of Whose shoes I am not worthy to unloose: He shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost [Spirit] and with fire:"

John the Baptist knew that when the truth is spoken, it kindles a fire within people. When two people are talking and there is friction over the words of truth; there will be heat coming out of it all. Again this is speaking spiritually of that time when the axe is applied to the tree, out of that parable, what happens to that tree when it bears no fruit? Of course it is burned. Those that will not abide by the truths of God's Word are going into the lake of fire. So John is telling them that the one that is coming is gentle and fair, however demands the truth.

Luke 3:17 "Whose fan is in His hand, and He will thoroughly purge His floor, and will gather the wheat into His garner; but the chaff He will burn with fire unquenchable."

There is no getting away with anything in this life, for your words and deeds are going to be purged before the heavenly court. Those that are tested to be the chaff will be consumed by God unquenchable fire. Once the last day of the Millennium is over, all souls will stand before our Heavenly Father at the great white throne judgment, and the unquenchable fire of God that follows is going to come. It is unstoppable, there will be no more chance of conversion by repentance. You can count on this time of separation when even the remembrance of loved ones that are not saved will be wiped clean from all memory. It will be as if that person never existed at all.

In olden times before the modern equipment of today, you had the thrashing that would crush the wheat, and the fanner which would create wind to blow away the chaff that was not wanted. At the end of the harvest time of souls, that is what will happen also for God will be the fanner, and those of the chaff will be blown right into the fire. There is a lot of friction that goes on in the process of separating the chaff from the wheat, and only the tried true stuff falls to the floor, all the other junk gets blown away into the fire. When God is trying to test you to see what you are made of, you may have a few tests and trials, but God will see you through those times that are beyond you.

Luke 3:18 "And many other things in his exhortation preached he unto the people."

John preached exactly as He was instructed by God, to the point the truth.

Luke 3:19 "But Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by him for Herodias his brother Philip's wife, and for all the evils which Herod had done,"

King Herod was mad when John the Baptist called his sin of marrying his brothers wife to public attention, as well as all the other evils that Harod and the political leaders had done.

Luke 3:20 "Added yet this above all, that he shut up John in prison."

Luke 3:21 "Now when all the people were baptized, it came to pass, that Jesus also being baptized, and praying, the heaven was opened,"

After John the Baptist finished baptizing the people and Jesus, the heaven was opened and the Holy Spirit came down in the form of a dove and set on our Lord.

Luke 3:22 "And the Holy Ghost [Spirit] descended in a bodily shape like a dove upon Him, and a voice came from heaven, which said, "Thou art My beloved Son; in Thee I am well pleased." 

Our Heavenly Father spoke and identified Jesus as "My beloved Son; in Thee I am well pleased". Jesus will live His life to do the Will of the Father that sent him, for Jesus was the only begotten Son of God. If there was ever a doubt as to water baptism, this should settle it, for Jesus thought it was necessary for Himself to have water baptism.

Luke 3:23 "And Jesus Himself began to be about thirty years of age, being (as it was supposed) the Son of Joseph, which was the son of Heli,"

As you go through these many names, remember that each of them played a part in the stories of the entire Old Testament. The Bible is a story of one man, Adam, and His family. All the other nations of the earth that are part of our Bible enter by what they did to this family either for good or bad. There are no cover-up in the Scripture text, for if there are, it is by the hand of a Kenite Scribe trying to hide themselves as they came into control, and took over the duties of the scribes following the captivity of Judah in Babylon.

Ezra warned us of this fact in Ezra 8:15; when he stopped to take account of who and what was going back to Jerusalem to build the temple, and set up worship there. "And I gathered them together to the river that runneth to Ahava; and there abode we in tents three days: and I viewed the People, and the priests, and found there none of the sons of Levi." The Levitical priesthood was completely taken over from top to bottom by these foreign men brought in for service. 

They are called "Nethinims"; these oriental sons of Cain called "Kenites" in I Chronicles 2:55; "And the families of the scribes which dwelt at Jabez; the Tirathites, the Shimeathites, and Suchathites. These are the Kenites that came of Hamath, the father of the house of Rechab." 

Editor's Note: Did your pastor teach you that these descendants of Cain survived Noah's flood? I'll wager he didn't! In fact I'LL WAGER HE TOLD YOU NOAH'S FLOOD WAS UNIVERSAL. Yep, world wide and everyone in the world drown except those eight people on the ark.  Well I Chronicles 2:55 was written many years after Noah's flood. So ask your pastor how did the Kenites survive the flood? He has Noah's Flood and Lucifer's Flood mixed up or worse yet balled into one flood! Tell him, he ought to read his Bible. 

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This is why we must be diligent in our studies, for there were many changes by these Kenites, to make the Word of God conform to their traditions.

So from the time of the birth of David, to the time of the birth of Christ was just over one thousand years. The time under the kings of Israel and Judah ran for about five hundred years until Nebuchadnezzar took Jerusalem captive about 500 B. C. David is of the king line of Judah, for this would be Mary father's blood line.

As you read these names, the term "Which was", in the Hebrew text is what we use today as "which was supposed or reckoned by law", or better know as "in-laws; father in law etc.". This is recording the in-laws of Joseph, or the bloodline of Mary's father. We know Mary's mother is of the lineage of Aaron, or Levi, as Mary and Elisabeth were cousins. Mary's mother and Elisabeth's mother were sisters, giving Jesus the lineage of both priest and king.

Luke 3:24 "Which was the son of Matthat, which was the son of Levi, which was the son of Melchi, which was the son of Janna, which was the son of Joseph,"

As you read through the rest of this chapter, notice that there is nothing noting that a begat took place, or these men being blood relatives of Joseph. As stated before, these men are of the lineage of Mary's father, and not Joseph's. They are relatives as by law, in-laws. It was common by law at this time, if there was no son in the family, which was the case here, the lineage passed off to the husband of the wife. So this is the reason that it states that Joseph was of Heli, when by blood Joseph was the son of Jacob. That was given to us in Matthew 1:16.

This is why Jesus became the King of kings and Lord of Lords by birth. The throne is His, and at the seventh trump He will return to take it. Revelation 19:12-19 tells us so.

Luke 3:25 "Which was the son of Mattathias, which was the son of Amos, which was the son of Naum, which was the son of Esli, which was the son of Nagge,"

Luke 3:26 "Which was the son of Maath, which was the son of Mattathias, which was the son of Semei, which was the son of Joseph, which was the son of Juda,"

Luke 3:27 "Which was the son of Joanna, which was the son of Rhesa, which was the son of Zorobabel, which was the son of Salathiel, which was the son of Neri,"

Luke 3:28 "Which was the son of Melchi, which was the son of addi, which was the son of Cosam, which was the son of Elmodam, which was the son of Er,"

Luke 3:29 "Which was the son of Jose, which was the son of Eliezer, which was the son of Jorim, which was the son of Matthat, which was the son of Levi,"

Luke 3:30 "Which was the son of Simeon, which was the son of Juda, which was the son of Joseph, which was the son of Jonan, which was the son of Eliakim,"

Luke 3:31 "Which was the son of Melea, which was the son of Menan, which was the son of Mattatha, which was the son of Nathan, which was the son of David,"

Notice that the lineage of Christ through David was not through Solomon, but through Nathan. When we compare this lineage with Joseph's in Matthew 1 we see that Joseph's lineage came through Solomon, the son of David.

Luke 3:32 "Which was the son of Jesse, which was the son of Obed, which was the son of Booz, which was the son of Salmon, which was the son of Naason,"

The book of Ruth is a study of this beautiful Moabitess woman and her commitment to Naomi, her mother in law. She left her homeland to return to Bethlehem-Judah, and marry the just man Booz [Boaz]. Boaz was the great grandfather of David.

Luke 3:33 "Which was the son of Aminadab, which was the son of Aram, which was the son of Esrom, which was the son of Phares, which was the son of Juda,"

Luke 3:34 "Which was the son of Jacob, which was the son of Isaac, which was the son of Abraham, which was the son of Thara, which was the son of Nachor,"

The blood line of Jesus Christ from Noah to Abraham is given in Genesis 10:21-30. This is the time period following the flood, to the time Abraham left the land of Ur in the land of Chaldees.

There is an listing of the time periods in the Companion Bible, appendix 50. This chart lists this period of time from the flood to Abraham as from 2348 to 1996 B.C., a period of 452 years.

Luke 3:35 "Which was the son of Saruch, which was the son of Ragau, which was the son of Phalec, which was the son of Heber, which was the son of Sala,"

Luke 3:36 "Which was the son of Cainan, which was the son of Arphaxad, which was the son of Sem, which was the son of Noe, which was the son of Lamech,"

The tenth chapter of Genesis gives us the lineage from Noah through his three sons; while the lineage, or blood line of Shem is given from Genesis 11:10-32. These names given are in the Hebrew, while Luke is giving us the Greek for of the same name. In verse twenty four we read; "And Arphaxad begat Salah; and Salah begat Eber." The second witness to this is in Genesis 11:12; "And Arphaxad lived five and thirty years, and begat Salah:" Sure there was a Cainan who was the son of Enos, but a Kenite scribe entered an extra Cainan into the lineage of Jesus here in Luke 3:36. So if your trying to fit biblical numerics to the lineage of Christ, pay attention to your number count between Luke and Genesis.

Luke 3:37 "Which was the son of Mathusala, which was the son of Enoch, which was the son of Jared, which was the son of Maleleel, which was the son of Cainan,"

Luke 3:38 "Which was the son of Enos, which was the son of Seth, which was the son of Adam, which was the son of God."

It is important to notice that last birth, "Which was the son of Adam, which was the son of God." Adam was created by God, the son of God. God was the father of Christ, the only begotten child of the Father. He became the Savior to the world. The time period from the forming of Adam 4004 B.C., on the eight day of the creation period, to the flood of Noah's time in 1996 B.C as two thousand eight years. Notice that the ages of mankind 700 years to Methuselah at 969 years of age. Genesis 5:27 "And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine years: and he died."

During these two thousand years, Satan attacked the lineage of mankind by having his fallen angels come down to earth, entering this dimension of flesh man to marry the human daughters of man, and having children. This went against God's plan for this age of flesh man, born innocent, and having the right to choose God's way or Satan's path to destruction for themselves. The point to draw attention to here in the lineage Jesus Christ is in Genesis 6:9.

Genesis 6:9 "These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God."

"Generations" as given in the Hebrew text is "toledoth", meaning "family history". And the word "perfect" as referenced to "his generations"; in the Hebrew text the word is "tamim", and today we call it "as to breed or pedigree." "Tamin" was important in the use of animal sacrifices. Those people raising animals know exactly what is meant by pedigree and breeding, it is keeping the unwanted strains out of the blood line of the animal. The reason for the flood in the first place was that the entire population of the earth by the end of that two thousand year period was completely contaminated with the blood of those fallen angels, and mankind was full of all sorts of wickedness. God sent the flood on the earth to destroy those corrupted people of the earth. To protect the future blood line of our Lord and Savior that we are reading of here in Luke. This is why it become important to notice when Kenite Scribes try to taint the lineage of Christ, by adding to it or taking away from that lineage.

The progeny of the fallen angels with the daughters of Adam brought about the "Nephilim", also referred to as "Giants". "Nephilim" in the Hebrew means "fallen ones", coming from "naphal" or "to fall". These offspring of the Nephilim became know as "gibbor" meaning "heroes". Jesus warned us in Matthew 24:37-39 that it would be exactly as it was in the days of Noah at the time the flood came, at the time of our Lord's return. We know this to be true, for shortly Michael will boot Satan and his fallen angels to the earth for that final time before our Lords Return at the seventh trump.

Luke has given us the exact birth of John the Baptist, as well as Christ. He has allowed us to determine the exact time of both John the Baptist and Jesus' birth dates, which gives us fixed dates. Using both the first and the third chapters of Luke we can determine that the conception of the virgin Mary took place on December 25, and the birth of Christ on the feast of the tabernacles, nine months later. Jesus was circumcised on the eighth day, the day of atonement. This is recorded day by day in detail in Appendix 179 in the Companion Bible. This makes December 25 very special, as it is the time that God came to dwell with man. This proves the time of life within the soul of an unborn baby starts at conception. It said that the Babe within Elisabeth's womb leaped with joy. Joy is fixed to the human thinking process, and requires a soul and spirit. It is not a physical reaction but a spiritual reaction.

Its time to wake up, for most of the events of the end times are past history. The one world system is here and controlling the nations of the earth. the Jews have gone back to Jerusalem in 1948.

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